Button-fastener.



C. A. GOOZEY.

BUTTON FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1916.

1,287,9S. Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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CHARLES A. Goo'zEY,'oF`1=nov1DnNcE, RHODE ISLAND, AssIGNon To B. A. BaLLoU & oo., mayor rnovrnnncn, RHODE'ISLAND, A conronarron or RHODE ISLAND.

i' BUTTON-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent@ Application mea February e, 191e. i, serial No. Y77,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHARLES A. GoozEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to button fastening devices of the class adapted to be connected to the shank of a button and serve to be readily passed through the fabric and then be positioned as a cross bar to securely fasten the button to the fabric and also permit its ready removal when desired.

The primary object of this invention is to loop a length of wire through the button eye and then twist the strands about each other which produces a double advantage; first the twisting of one wire about the other stifens both and permits wire of a smaller gage to be used; second, the twisting causes the wire strands to cross each other at intervals and so provide a number of individual loops into any one of which the button shank may pass by springing apart the wires at thepoint of crossing to releasably retain the shank in the loop desired.

A further object of the invention is to connect a head on the entering end of the wire bar so as to inclose and protect these ends against catching in the fabric and also to provide a convenient handle by which to pull the twisted bar through the fabric. This bar isy loosely connected to the wire whereby this twisted bar is permitted to freely rotate in the headV as the bar is being drawn in.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certaln novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1- is a view showing the button shank as extending through an opening in the fabric and the fastening device serving as a bar for securely but releasably retaining the button in position in the fabric.

Fig. 2- is a view showing the bar as suspended from the eye in the button shank in which position it is adapted to be readily passed through the button-hole in the fabric or to pierce and form a hole of its own in the fabric.

Fig. 3- is an enlarged view of the head I member in which the ends are loosely housed.'

Referring to the drawings l0 designates the button which'may be of any suitable form, shape or size, the samelbeingV proof the wire bar lvided with-the usual shank l1 having an eye or opening l2 therethrough.

My invention has for its object to provide a locking or retaining member for releasably securing the button in position in the fabric and to accomplish this in a simple, practical'and inexpensive way I employ a. length of wire, pass the same through the eye 12 of the button shank then double the ends of the wire back upon themselves to form a loop, and twist the strands of the loop together thus providing a bar 13 having a plurality of independent button engaging eyes or loops along its length.

For this particular purpose, I preferably form three loops, the first loop 14 serving to engage the eye 12 and permit the twisted bar to hang straight downward as illustrated in Fig. 2, whereby it may be readily passed through an opening in the fabric; the second loop is preferably formed about mid-way the length of the bar and is generally used to receive the eye of the button shank when it is desired to support this bar mid-way of its length. The loop 16 may be employed to receive the eye of the button shank when it is not convenient to retain the shank in either of the other two loops. The end portions 17 of these wires may be soldered together if desired but in most cases I prefer to turn the extremities 18 outward as illustrated in Fig. 3 and close the head member 19 over them so that they will be loosely retained within said head whereby the head may be grasped by the thumb and finger of the operator to draw the twisted bar through the fabric and at the same time permit the bar to rotate freely during the drawing-in action.

The twisting of this wire member causes the two strands to lie against each other at intervals thereby providin a simple and effective means for releasa ly retaining the button shank to be moved from one loop to the other by exerting a slight pull upon the bar.

I have described one embodiment of my invention but the details of construction may be changed and rearranged if desired,

the speeie terms employed in the specification being used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for the purpose of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

I Claim:

l. A button fastener comprising a Wire loop having its strands twisted togetherto provide a plurality of independent buttonengaging eyes, the ends of the strands being normally in Contact, the crossed strand'snorinally preventing communication between said eyes. A Y Y n K *i 2. A. button fastener comprising a' Wire loop having its strands twisted together to inerenti provide a plurality of independent buttonengaging eyes,vtlie ends of the strands being normally in Contact, the crossed strands nrmally preventing eommunieation between said eyes, the extremities of said strands extending outwardly, and a hollow head engagingL said outwardly extending p extremities. Y

in testimony whereof I atx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES A. eooZEY.

. :fitnesses Y HOWARD jBAnLoW, A. Maen'nen.

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